I have had a similar problem. My solution is based on an external method. I have a folder named localFS with 1) a Local File System named images pointing somewhere in file system. 2) an ExternalMethod called addFile looking like this: def addFile(self, file, fullpath): outfile = open(fullpath, 'w') outfile.write(file.read()) _______ the Upload form has this input: <INPUT TYPE="file" NAME="file" SIZE="25" VALUE=""> ________ the action-method looks somewhat like this. <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('fullpath',localFS.images.getProperty('basepath'))"> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('imgresult',localFS.addFile(file,fullpath))"> ________ This is all very new to me. The file is there, and I can read it, so it should work, I guess. There's no error checking though, so be careful. I also intend to let the external method return something meaningful instead of None. best regards Jørgen